2015年10月3日 星期六

2015-10-04 Pakistan Science


'Pakistan reducing ozone depleting gases'   
Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: Climate Change Ministry Ozone protection initiative National Program Manager Mazhar Hayat emphasised that controlling emission of ozone layer-cracking gases is need of the hour to protect earth's health and sustainability.
'Pakistan part of global efforts to save Ozone'   The Nation
Call to work effectively for preservation of ozone layer   Pakistan Observer

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Extreme weather in Karachi   
Daily Times
Sir: Karachi has been facing harsh weather conditions nowadays. It is becoming one of the hottest cities in the country, where temperature rises up to 45 degrees Celsius. Rising temperature is badly affecting the normal life in the city. Due to high ...
Urban heat island, heatstroke again   Pakistan Observer

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DAWN.com
   
Pakistan's national climate plan — neither 'ambitious' nor 'imaginative'   
DAWN.com
By Oct 2, some 146 countries, representing almost 87 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, had submitted their intended national climate action plans to the United Nations ahead of the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, to be held in December.

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Sky & Telescope
   
This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 2 – 10   
Sky & Telescope
On Saturday morning October 3rd, Mars is still only about halfway from Regulus to Jupiter. Watch Jupiter gradually creeping up toward Mars day by day. (The blue 10° scale is about the width of your fist at arm's length.) Dawn moon and planets, October ...
Your star (Oct-09 to Oct-22-2015)   India Tribune
A walk on Mars is a step to the stars   Financial Times
Before dawn's early light, a trio of planets will shine in October   Kankakee Daily Journal
The Geopolitical and Conflict Report (blog)   
Cowen Daily   
Sonoma County Gazette   
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The Nation
   
Charon moon seen in super detail   
The Nation
Pluto's major moon, Charon, takes centre stage in this week's release of new pictures from the New Horizons mission. The latest images are both the most highly resolved and the best colour views that we have seen so far. The US space agency mission is ...
New Horizons: High-Res Images of Charon Detail Stunning, enormous Canyon   NYSE Post
New Horizons Sends Back Stunning Image of Pluto''s Moon Charon   electronicsfeed.com
New Horizons' Imagery Shows Pluto's Moon Charon in Unprecedented Detail   Barrington Review
FOX CT   
The Geopolitical and Conflict Report (blog)   
Yahoo News   
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The Straits Times
   
Emissions pledges take world closer to temperature goal   
The Straits Times
A hot air balloon in flight. If temperatures exceed the 2 deg C target, scientists say, the effects of climate change will become more intense.PHOTO: REUTERS. Published. 10 hours ago. More. Share Tweet Linkedin Email Pin Google+ Reddit Print. Permalink:.
Industrialized Nations Halfway to $100 Billion UN “Climate Change Aid” Goal   The New American
The INDCs still produce global warming well above the 2 C limit set by the ...   DAWN.com
World headed for 2.7 Celsius warming   The Nation
The Geopolitical and Conflict Report (blog)   
Arizona State University   
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Daily Times
   
India vows to cut carbon intensity in Paris pledge   
Daily Times
NEW DELHI: As the last major economy to submit a target for a global climate pact, India is pledging to reduce the intensity of its carbon emissions and boost the share of electricity produced from sources other than fossil fuels to 40 percent by 2030.
India 'confident' it can meet ambitious 2030 energy targets   The Nation
India vows ambitious green targets but defends coal use   Business Recorder (press release) (blog)
Why that climate deal is already a dead duck   Telegraph.co.uk
Christian Science Monitor   
New York Times   
Economic Times   
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India Today
   
Double whammy for dinos: Deadly asteroid-volcano combo wiped them out   
Business Standard
Death from above and below? As per a recent study volcanic activity may have also contributed to Cretaceous extinction. While there is general consensus that a massive asteroid colliding with Earth 66 million years ago contributed to the ensuing mass ...

Asteroid, volcanoes implicated in dinosaur doom   The News International
That asteroid might have needed help wiping out the dinosaurs   Christian Science Monitor
What Killed The Dinosaurs Was More Devastating Than An Asteroid   Gizmodo Australia
Washington Post   
UC Berkeley   
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Salon
   
For life on Mars, just add water   
Herald Sun
THE discovery of flowing water on Mars means something monumental for Hobart-based CSIRO scientist Paulo de Souza. “Mars is habitable today,” he tells the Sunday Tasmanian. Not for you, me or even little green men — but for tiny bacteria that could ...
Mars has water! So is there anybody out there?   The Nation (blog)
Signs of water shift Mars mission talk to search for life   Minneapolis Star Tribune
NASA MRO Discovers Evidence Of Liquid Water On Mars: Odds Of Finding Alien ...   Tech Times
Gizmodo Australia   
Nature World Report   
Gracious Column   
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Daily Mail
   
Megatsunami: Evidence of 800-Foot Wave Worries Scientists   
The Market Business
We have all read about the damage and devastation that tsunamis can bring about, but the recent tsunamis are nothing compared to evidence recently unearthed by scientists working off West Africa in the Cape Verde Islands. Columbia University scientists ...

Huge find: An 800-foot 'Mega-Tsunami' has been discovered off the coast of Africa   World Tech Today
African Megatsunami Caused by Volcanic Activity Worries Experts   Pulse Headlines
Evidence suggests 800-foot mega tsunami did happen   Dispatch Tribunal
NYC Today   
Gizmodo   
Morning Ticker   
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